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Head coach Brian Flores said the Dolphins will employ Gaskin, Malcolm Brown and Salvon Ahmed "situationally as best fits their skill set and what's best for the team," Barry Jackson and Daniel Oyefusi of the Miami Herald report. "Gaskin can play first, second, third down, but depending on the situation, we may put another player in there," Flores said.
Additionally, Flores labeled Gaskin as a "change of place" player as compared to "a power back" in Brown. As for Ahmed, Flores said he simply "has good speed, coming out of the backfield." In last weekend's preseason loss to Chicago, Brown made the start at running back, with Gaskin and Ahmed coming off the bench. In the regular season, the Dolphins will almost certainly head into Week 1 with a three-man backfield committee, but the actual workload split will warrant close monitoring. Flores' comments still make it seem as though Gaskin will operate as the starter, but he may not be able to repeat the near-every-down usage he saw in 2020 if Brown and Ahmed indeed carve out regular weekly roles.
